Outcome of twin pregnancies after assisted reproductive techniques - A comparative study

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-54

  Zaib Un Nisa, Syeda ^a   Ghazal Aswad, Saad ^b   Badrinath, Padmanabhan ^c  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technique; Outcome; Twin pregnancies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN DISEASE; NULLIPARA; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWIN PREGNANCY; UTERINE COMPLICATION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0037671442     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(02)00468-2     Document Type: Article

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